GERALD MASSEY
\d͡ʒˈɛɹə͡ld mˈasɪ], \dʒˈɛɹəld mˈasɪ], \dʒ_ˈɛ_ɹ_əl_d m_ˈa_s_ɪ]\
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An English poet; born at Tring, May 29, 1828. In youth he worked in a silk-mill and as a straw-braider. He founded and edited the Spirit of Freedom in 1849, and was secretary of the Christian Socialists. He lectured in this country in 1873. He is a firm believer in spiritualism. The titles of his works are: "Ballad of Babe Christabel", etc. (5th ed.1855); "War Waits" (1855); "Havelock's March", etc. (1861); "My Lyrical Life" (1889); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).